Movies like Boundaries

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Boundaries (2018)
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Boundaries (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.
Style: sincere, humorous, light, thought provoking, captivating, intellectual, anamorphic
Plot: grandfather grandson relationship, marijuana, road trip, boy, dating, estranged father, father daughter relationship, teenage boy, sister sister relationship, dog, school, single mother, mother, family relations, cat, food, beach, on the road, old man, african american, drawing, father son relationship, drug dealing, buddhist, mentally challenged person ...
Place: california, los angeles, san francisco, seattle, seattle washington

Most similar movies to Boundaries

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, light, captivating and sincere films with plots about family relations, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, coming of age, telephone call, cell phone and husband wife relationship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Boundaries: Ride (2014), Stella's Last Weekend (2018), Humboldt County (2008), Grandma (2015), Awkward Thanksgiving (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ride (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.
Style: captivating, sincere, thought provoking, humorous, light
Plot: surfing, writers, mother son relationship, young man, beach, surf, family relations, couples, friendship, art, motivation, water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pacific ocean, california, usa, los angeles, new york
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95%
Stella's Last Weekend (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.
Style: disturbing, psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: love triangle, brother brother relationship, party, teenage boy, fight, teenage girl, love and romance, youth, rivalry, family relations, love, couples ...
Place: coney island brooklyn new york city
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73%
Humboldt County (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, ...
Style: sincere, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: weed, marijuana, self discovery, medical student, wilderness, family relations, loneliness, fish out of water, addiction, stoner, eccentric family, disorder ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: california, northern california, usa
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65%
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Grandma (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her ...
Style: road movie, suspense, depressing, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: road trip, abortion, lesbian, pregnancy, aging, lgbtq, grandparent grandchild relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, writers, friendship, gay, depression ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Awkward Thanksgiving (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Thanksgiving is a time when families get together to eat good food and share in the spirit of thankfulness. That's of course, a best case scenario. Some families are so tangled in a web of drama from financial issues, relationships, and so on ...
Style: captivating, serious, sincere, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: thanksgiving, holiday, dysfunctional family, family relations, drug use, criminal, sister sister relationship, father son relationship, compulsive gambler, money, family problems, eccentric family ...
Place: ohio
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60%
Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds ...
Style: thought provoking, light, psychological, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: class differences, alternative medicine, party, husband wife relationship, nurse, money, name calling, dinner, food, manners, social justice, restaurant ...
Time: year 2017
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Together Together (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will quickly challenge their perceptions of connection, boundaries and the particulars of love.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: surrogate mother, couple relations, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wanting a baby, new love, romantic relationship, couples, love and romance, love story, love interest, relationship vs career ...
Place: hawaii, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Pieces of April (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her ...
Style: realistic, emotional, intense, talky, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: holiday, thanksgiving, road trip, family drama, food, dysfunctional family, cancer, eccentric family, loneliness, reconciliation, parents and children, family feud ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Detours (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own.
Style: road movie, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot: road trip, infidelity, one night stand, love, father daughter relationship, middle age romance, marriage, extramarital affair, highway, highway travel, mother daughter relationship, on the road ...
Place: florida, atlantic ocean, new york
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48%
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Ana (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ana meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.
Style: sincere, realistic, humorous, captivating, road movie
Plot: road trip, friendship, journey, illegal gambling, save the day, bankruptcy, father daughter relationship, girl, gas station, natural disaster, 11 year old girl, bare chested male ...
Place: puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
My Southern Family Christmas (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Under the guise of a journalist, Campbell has a chance to get to know her biological father for the first time – without him ever knowing who she really is. As she spends time with him and his family, as well as with the town’s record keeper, ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, sincere, light, dramatic ...
Plot: christmas, biological father, learning the truth, family relations, daughter, father, holiday, absent father, uncover truth, estranged father, christmas movie
Place: louisiana
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46%
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Beginners (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Style: touching, sad, sentimental, sincere, heartbreaking ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, grief, homosexuality, gay father, father son relationship, relationships, cancer, self discovery, lgbt, dog, bittersweet, lgbtq ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 1950s, year 1978, 2000s ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Morris from America (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The romantic and coming-of-age misadventures of a 13-year-old American living in Germany.
Style: light, humorous, talky, romantic, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage girl, coming of age, teenager, african american, rap, culture clash, language barrier, black, puberty, teenage boy, 13 year old, father son relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A star of hunting videos strives to bond with his 12-year-old son on a wilderness trip but learns familial connections can't be forced.
Style: sincere, humorous, captivating, light, touching ...
Plot: son, cameraman, father son relationship, hunting, friendship, nature, family relations, kickass, boyhood, hunter, ex husband ex wife relationship, deer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Magari (If Only) (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.
Style: humorous, light, sexy, melancholic, feel good ...
Plot: divorced parents, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, american abroad, ex husband ex wife relationship, love, father daughter relationship, woman, colosseum, brother sister relationship, diabetic, theft ...
Time: 90s
Place: rome italy
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41%
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Growing Op (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of a teenage boy coming of age in a suburban grow-operation, where every day is paradise or fresh hell. But it's always a trip. Sheltered all his life and home-schooled by loving parents who are also committed criminals, Quinn Dawson ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sincere, light, mystic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lifestyle, family relations, teenage life, eccentric family, parents and children, stoner, cheerleader, social relations, teenage love, marijuana, brother sister relationship, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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40%
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Match (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the questions turn personal and the true nature of the interview is ...
Style: captivating, humorous, feel good, light, independent film ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, dancer's life, aging, teachers and students, couples, homosexual, couple relations, power relations, gay, dancing, lgbt, friendship ...
Time: 60s, year 1972, year 1986, year 1989, year 1967 ...
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Jar Full of Life (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Marleen (Jella Haase) is 20, but can't choose, what to do with her life. Her older brother (Matthias Schweighöfer) traveled the world for years but never has been to the Antarctic. He is at home for a few days, but the ticket for the next ship ...
Style: road movie, light, humorous, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: coming of age, death of brother, road trip, mother daughter relationship, hitchhiker, family relations, last wish, society, monkey, car, loss of brother, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hamburg germany, antarctica
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39%
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Furlough (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she's tasked with accompanying a hell-raising inmate on an emergency furlough to visit her dying mother. But ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, light, thought provoking, touching
Plot: road trip, rookie, living with parents, sibling relationship, dementia, mother, strong female character, escape, jail, elderly man, female prisoner
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39%
Max Dugan Returns (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.
Style: talky, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: dysfunctional family, police detective, family relations, family problems, hopes, estrangement, couples, single parent, eccentric family, family life, parents and children, cons and scams ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: usa, las vegas, venice beach california, los angeles, brazil ...
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style: road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, journey, suicide attempt, coming of age ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, albuquerque new mexico ...
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38%
The King of Staten Island (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He’s now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious ...
Style: humorous, psychological, funny, ironic, feel good ...
Plot: slacker, tattoo artist, arrested development, re-education, stoner, fear of commitment, coming of age, nepotism, family relations, dancer, felony, teenage boy ...
Place: new york, hawaii, manhattan new york city
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38%
Dad's Lunch Box (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story: This film was inspired by a real-life story of a Japanese father who for the three years his daughter spent at high school prepared daily bento lunch boxes for her leading to delicious, interesting or offbeat creations. In all cases, he put an ...
Style: captivating, sincere, light, entertaining
Plot: food, father daughter relationship, school, friend, father and daughter, parents and children, care, lifestyle, life, family relations, fatherhood, kids and family ...
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37%
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The Go-Getter (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.
Style: road movie, melancholic, ironic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: road trip, coming of age, self discovery, teenage life, parents and children, introspection, love and romance, human nature, lifestyle, obsessive quest, friendship, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2007
Place: oregon, new orleans, reno nevada
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37%
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Elsa & Fred (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Aged, embittered widower, Fred learns to enjoy life thanks to his elderly yet vibrant neighbor, Elsa. Upon learning Elsa is terminally ill, Fred takes her to the Fontana di Trevi in Rome in order to reenact her favorite scene from ‘La Dolce ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: elderly lovers, elderly, widower, family relations, neighbor, love and romance, aging, couples, terminal illness, romanticism, retirement, elderly man ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, rome italy, europe, england, louisiana ...
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37%
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Like Father (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a workaholic young executive, is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few ...
Style: light, sweet, sincere, touching, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: father daughter relationship, workaholic, father daughter reunion, father daughter conflict, parents and children, family relations, father and daughter, breakup, relationships, humour, family reunited, travel ...
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36%
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Mid90s (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style: thought provoking, social, teen, humorous, retro ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot: skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, teenager, friendship, friends, underage drinking, underage sex, dysfunctional family, adolescence, brother brother relationship, self harm ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, paris france, florida, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Day Off (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Day Off (French: Mercredi, folle journée !) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Pascal Thomas.
Style: feel good, touching, light, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: husband wife relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage boy, teenage girl, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, rescue, mother son relationship, bad father, poker, drug overdose, alimony ...
Place: brittany
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Dough (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 94 min.
Story: An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales sky high.
Style: humorous, light, sincere, captivating, culinary
Plot: drug, friendship, police, muslim, business venture, couples, society, family relations, narcotics, religious, urban, food ...
Time: 21st century
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Wilson (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug and obsessed with his past.
Style: comedy drama, entertaining, art house, cult classic
Plot: misfit, midlife crisis, loneliness, middle aged man, friendship, husband wife estrangement, group therapy, death of father, ex husband ex wife relationship, name calling, parenthood, superhero ...
Time: year 2017
Place: minnesota, portland oregon, st. louis missouri
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35%
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